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Falafels the Raw Food Way

February 26, 2010
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I love food. I love flavor. I love falafels! There is a great little restaurant in Boulder where you can order your falafels and choose from all kinds of sides to put with them. It is quick, yummy and there is a wonderful outside patio where you can sit, eat and watch the traffic on [...]

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Raw Recipe: Almond Butter

February 6, 2010
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Making nut butters can be a little tricky. I used to think that I had to do them in my Vitamix, which would drive me batty with all the scraping down that was required. Other times, I would have a fail, only because I quit too early. I didn’t realize how much time it takes, [...]

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Raw Food Recipes: Hazelnut Cranberry Flatbread

February 1, 2010
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I love the combination of hazel nuts and cranberries and wanted to create a raw food recipe for flat bread with these. I decided to throw in a few pumpkin seeds and some flax for an extra nutritional boost. These breads are great by themselves or with a spread. Pictured here is [...]

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Raw Food: All About Young Coconuts

January 29, 2010
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When creating raw food recipes, the young coconut is a healthy substitution for many of the dairy products that we have eliminated.  Raw food is traditionally vegan.  Coming up with recipes that remind us of  the traditional recipes that call for cream, butter and cheese requires creativity with the ingredients that we do use, such [...]

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Raw Banana Cream Pie

January 26, 2010
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I am a big fan of bananas. They are loaded with potassium, B6 and fiber. They are also extremely portable, as they come with their own carrying case that is very easy to discard (yes, I am referring to the peel). I had a couple of ripe bananas sitting on the counter just begging to [...]

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Raw Food Fan Fridays

January 22, 2010
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It’s Friday, and I am deeming it “Fan Friday”. I realize that doesn’t make a lot of sense, so I will explain. I needed a word that started with “F”, to go with Friday, and today, I am going to share some non-raw places that I am currently a fan of.  I hope you will [...]

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Marinated Mushrooms and Cauliflower Mash

January 21, 2010
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What is the raw foodists answer to steak and potatoes? Marinated portobello mushrooms and rosemary cauliflower “mashed potatoes”. There are quite a few recipes out there but this one comes right from the Kitchen at Rawmazing with my special signature. A little time in the dehydrator deepens the flavor of the cauliflower. Combined with a [...]

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Raw Food and Intention

January 20, 2010
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It’s January 20th. How are you doing with your New Year’s intentions?
Was cleaning up your diet one of them? Eating healthier, eating smarter, eating cleaner, those are all goals many of us have here. As time passes, life gears up and sometimes, the best of intentions get lost in day to day survival. But we [...]

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Turmeric Salad

January 18, 2010
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I still have turmeric on the brain. All of the wonderful, healthy benefits that you get from eating this spice, let alone how tasty it is, inspires me. I have been craving easy, hearty raw food salads for lunch. Since I am up in the frozen tundra, I like to have a little more substance [...]

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Raw Food Diets, Calcium and Osteoporosis

January 17, 2010
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We recently discussed how a person on a raw food diet gets enough protein (here). Another question that comes up frequently is, what about calcium? How can you protect yourself from osteoporosis if you are not eating dairy products?  Especially since we have been taught for years that we need to be eating dairy products [...]

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